Hyper-connectivity between the left motor cortex and prefrontal cortex is associated with the severity of dysfunction of the descending pain modulatory system in fibromyalgia

• Álvaro de Oliveira Franco,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0601-6348

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• Camila Fernanda da Silveira Alves,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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• Paul Vicuña,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliations Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4011-454X

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• Janete Bandeira,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Validation

  Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3083-2073

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• Maria Adelia de Aratanha,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

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• Iraci L. S. Torres,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Translational Nucleus: Pain Pharmacology and Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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• Felipe Fregni,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Neuromodulation and Center for Clinical Research Learning, Physics and Rehabilitation Department, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Wolnei Caumo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wcaumo@hcpa.edu.br

  Affiliations Laboratory of Pain and Neuromodulation, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Pain and Palliative Care Service, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5083-4658

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